Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 116

Asian Americans Helped Build Affirmative Action. What Happened?

The idea of proportionality has roots in midcentury Japanese American advocacy.

A Federal Judge Calls Clarence Thomas’ Bluff on Gun Rights and Originalism

Reeves’ order is bracingly honest about the sorry state of Second Amendment jurisprudence today.

Mobile Homes Have a Major Climate Change Problem

Residents of mobile homes are 6 to 8 times more likely to perish from indoor heat exposure.

My Plan to Sleep Apart From My Husband Has Totally Backfired

Parenting advice on insomnia, death, and consent.

The Case That Elon Musk Knows Exactly What He’s Doing at Twitter

His chaotic first days might be part of a plan—one he’s used before.

The Midterms Are About the Horrible Truth That Gas Prices Still Rule Everything Around Us

Sorry.

Elon Musk Is Already Breaking Twitter, but Not in the Way Anyone Thought

His plan to save the company’s business has more sticks than carrots, and the carrots are barely carrots.

Migos’ Takeoff, Shot Dead at 28, Helped Change the Sound of Popular Music

The Atlanta trio that revolutionized the rhythms of rap has come to a shocking end.

Bob Dylan’s New Book Is by Turns Brilliant, Nonsensical, and Misogynistic

The Philosophy of Modern Song will bedazzle and befuddle, not to mention troll.

Yes, Harvard Discriminated Against Jews. No, That’s Not What It’s Doing to Asian Americans.

The comparison to the 1920s fails to capture some critical differences between the two cases.